Last week, our blog began discussing how a comprehensive review of Florida's distracted driving laws is long overdue given the staggering number of serious and even fatal crashes caused by inattentive drivers. Indeed, there is currently no ban on handheld phone use by motorists and texting while driving is classified as a mere secondary offense. [...]

After examining the strength of each state's distracted driving laws, it could easily be argued that Florida has some more work to do. Indeed, the Sunshine State currently has no handheld ban in place, while texting while driving is only classified as only a secondary offense. It could perhaps be argued then that state lawmakers [...]